Obituaries

Sharon White Taylor, 69, of Wethersfield, beloved wife of Cliff Taylor, passed away Saturday, July 24, 2010 with her family by her side, after a series of health challenges. Born on December 10, 1940 in Chicago, IL to the late Abner and Esther White, Sharon grew up in South Meriden, raised her family in East Hampton and lived in Wethersfield...

WETSTONE, Minna ?Midge? (Rosenblum) Ebenstein Wetstone, 100 years of age, of Hollywood, FL, formerly of West Hartford, died Saturday, June 19, 2010. She was the widow of Samuel Ebenstein. Minna was born in Collins, MS July 31, 1909. She was sister to the late Al Rosenblum, Jack Rosenblum, Norman Rosenblum, Irving Rosenblum and Sophie Merman. Midge was stepmother to Norman...

Ruth B. (Shifreen) Schweitzer, 98, of West Hartford, beloved wife of the late Attorney, Abraham A. M. Schweitzer, died on Monday, (December 5, 2005) at Hartford Hospital. She was born on August 15, 1907 in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of Samuel and Dora (Tager) Shifreen. Ruth resided in West Hartford for over 70 years. Ruth married Abraham in 1929 and they...

Ida Birnbaum Shapiro, 98 years old, of West Hartford died on Sunday, (March 16, 2008) at the Hebrew Health Care Hospital. She was the wife for more than 50 years of the late Philip Shapiro, formerly of Middletown. Ida worked and lived most of her life in New Britain. She was a graduate of New Britain High School and Central...

Dr. Frank Sutton of Bloomfield, formerly of Flushing, NY, died Sunday, (June 28, 2009). He was born in Budapest, Hungary on January 26, 1914, the son of the late Sandor and Regina Szatmari. He was the second of four children. He attended primary and secondary schools in Budapest as well as studying chemistry at the Budapest Institute of Technology. He...

Joseph Turner, 83 of Abrahms Blvd., West Hartford, died Tuesday, July 12th. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Charles and Ethel (Goldfarb) Turner. He was a US Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Turner was a Lead Man for Machinists at Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford for 32 years before he retired. He was Past...

Marshall Wetstone, 75, currently of Bloomfield, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was the son of Harry and Evelyn (Silver) Wetstone, formerly of West Hartford. Marshall was born in Hartford and lived in the Hartford and West Hartford, areas most of his life. He attended Hall High School and...

ZWEIBAUM, Morris Zweibaum, 86, of West Hartford died Saturday, January 21, 2006 at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington. He was the husband of the late Miriam (Rosenzweig) Zweibaum. Born in Poland, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Sarah Zweibaum. Morris and his late wife owned and operated MZ Cleaners in Hartford. He was a member of Beth...

Evelyn (Schupack) Tobias, 76, a lifelong resident of Hartford and Simsbury, beloved wife of Walter Tobias, died Sunday (March 4, 2012) at home. She was born on November 26, 1935 in Hartford, daughter of the late Jack and Esther (Miller) Schupack. She was a member of the 1953 graduating class of Bulkeley High School. Evelyn brought music into the lives...

Dora ‘Dinny’ (Finkelstein) Toyen, 95, of Delray Beach, FL and Canton, widow of Morris Toyen, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Barnet and Sarah (Rabinowitz) Toyen. Born and raised in New York, she moved to Hartford in 1941 when she married Morris Toyen. Dora’s love for her family was immeasurable and evident in...

Shirley Troub Walker, 104 years of age, of West Hartford, died peacefully at home in the care of her family on July 20, 2008. Shirley was a warm, loving, generous woman throughout her long life, brightening the days of family, friends and even her most casual contacts. She was born in Mikolajow, Austria on April 24, 1904, the daughter of...

Marjorie Levitin Wilder, 69, passed away on August 6, 2013. Her life was filled with an abundance of happiness and blessings. She enjoyed her career in the law, and worked at her various positions with enthusiasm and dedication. However, her primary love in life was her family. She leaves behind her beloved husband and best friend, Michael S. Wilder, with...

Leah G. Wiener, 87, passed away on Tuesday (March 27, 2006) at Seabury Health Care in Bloomfield. Daughter of the late Kate and Harry Glasser, she lived in Hartford and West Hartford. Her husband Irving Wiener predeceased her. She worked at the Aetna Life and Insurance Company for many years, retiring in 1985. In her retirement, she volunteered for the...

SHERRY, Gloria (Seller) Sherry, 83 years of age, of West Hartford, died Monday, December 27, 2010. She was the widow of Maurice L. Sherry. Born in The Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Sarah (Massarsky) Seller. Gloria was the financial manager of the Food Service Department at The Aetna for over 20 years retiring in...

WINICK, Bernice Irene (Berenson) Winick, 89 years of age, died Saturday, September 26, 2009 at St. Francis Hospital. She was the widow of Robert Clark and Bernard Winick. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Minerva (Waingrow) Berenson. She leaves her son, Steven A. Clark and her daughter Judith C. Clark both of Bloomfield. Funeral...

Florence Weil of Sudbury, MA, formerly of West Hartford, widow of Nathan Weil died Sunday (May 28, 2006). She is survived by a son Michael Weil and his wife Nancy of Peterborough, NH; two sisters, Xena Cofelice, Marlboro, MA, Dottie Murphy, Framingham, MA; two grandchildren, Jessica Weil, Michael Weil. She was predeceased by a son Jeffrey Weil. Funeral services will...

STEINGARD, Sandra ?Sandy? (Smuckler) Steingard, 64 years of age, of Bonita Springs, FL and Avon, CT, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family and friends, Saturday, August 8, 2009 at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Born November 13, 1944 in Bridgeport, CT, Sandy was the daughter of the late Roberta Smuckler Bauer Wolper and Bernard Smuckler. She was a...

Ernest White of West Hartford and Bloomfield died Saturday, January 26, 2008. Born in Quincy, MA, November 15, 1918, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Gertrude (Dubitsky) White. He moved to Hartford in 1920 and graduated Weaver High School in 1936. He attended Trinity College Class of 1940, and was active in track, soccer, and recipient of...

Joseph Skal, 63, of Kimberly Rd., Newington died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at New Britain General Hospital. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Arthur and Erma (Brown) Skal. He was a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He leaves his wife, Carol (Segal) Skal; a son, Ira Skal of Newington; a daughter, Robbin Antonnuci and...

STONE, Sheldon M. Sheldon M. Stone, of Bloomfield, beloved husband of the late Avis (Rome) Stone, died Sunday (November 14, 2010) after a long illness. Born on May 26, 1929, he was the son of the late Henry and Anna (Bronstein) Stone and brother of the late Bennett E. Stone. He graduated from Weaver High School and UCONN and was...